dashing vs operant

dashing

noun
  • The action of the verb to dash. 

adj
  • Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits. 

  • Chic, fashionable. 

operant

noun
  • Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment. 

  • An operative person or thing. 

adj
  • That operates to produce an effect. 

How often have the words dashing and operant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )